The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-10-12
per annum, as a wagon has for five
| wheels, ard no more.
+ SKINIBUs UNIUM.
A Man Who Wears 18O Pieces
OF Other Mems Skin.

A curious case Of skin grating Is
reported In the San Francis = Elk.
aminer:
On the S1th Of last May Peter Nc
Intyre, who possessed a local rep
utation as % Splinter, was severely
burned in q fire Mt Central Park.
The burns on his feet healed rapid
iy enough, but the hesa on his
shoulder and arms was so scorched
that the ordinary process Of nature
was insufficient to restore IL to its
former condition. 1t was deter
mined by the physicians to graft
skin taken from other people on the
exposed surface, and thus hasten
the cure. Six weeks ago the Opa-
ration was begun, and since then
over 100 pieces OF skin have been
fastened on raw parts. 1t will be
ne veral weeks before the last graft
shall have been attached and the
bandage removed. All the skin
was taken from the friends Of Nc
Intyre, who willingly contributed
the required portions or their cuti-
Gle. Each graft "a a small circu-
lar piece about an eight Of an inch
In diameter. 1t was taken from
the ARM. Each subject rolled up
his sleeves in Mcfntyre's room.
and the surgeon raised the skin
with n fine pair OF forceps. Then,
with circular scissors, he clipped
the skin off, leaving n round red
mark or the arm, and ira ,ediately
placed the graft on McIntyre's
wound. These gratis have been
taken from about forty men. Csu-
ally four were supplied by each,
but some OF the sick mans friends
have more than that number OF
pink marks on their left arms.
The gratis were planted about an
inch apart, rs each little piece
grows about that distance from the
hesh and unites with the other
ekin that It meets. 1t Is transferred
immedir' ~, from one body to an
other, AS ehe tissue must be imbued
with vitality when placed on the
raw flesh, and II would lose all life
In o short while. The foreign char
acter OF the skin may be detected
sitter the heating process Is owe rs
1t does not change its particular
hue, and Is also devoid OF hair and
sweat-glands. It's advantage Is
great. inasmuch rs when such burns
cicatrlze the muscles are drawn up
and not only Is movement restrain
ed, but deformity follows. The
grated skin Is elastic aud obviates
all such unpleasant results. McIn-
tyre looks anything but an athlete
now. He has been n sick man
since the Are, and has fallen away
very much. During the past three
days, he said yesterday, he has eat
en- nothing. The Caledonian Club
wilt give him q bensflt ON Thurs.
day evening.
InstancesOf the grating of many
pieces OF skin, as In this case, have
not been common here. The pro
cess itself Is comparatively new,
having been discovered In 1860 by
Riverdep n Parisinu surgeon. He
noticed little isletS Of skin growing
on raw surfaces, found that they
had proceeded from little germs or
skin that had not been destroyed,
and concluded that transplanted
skin would thrive In the same man
PER. 1t had been previously sup
posed that &c would take q cover
Ing OF cuticle as large as the wound
or sore itselfto make a successful
grating, and such largo Of
skin could not be obtained. Since
then the various kinds of skin
the tissue Of chickens, frogs, Young
pigs and other administrative been
experimental with, but for success.
full transplanting human skin has
been found necessary.